Ivan Kramskoi

Ivan Nikolayevich Kramskoi (Russian: Иван Николаевич Крамской; 8 June [O.S. 27 May] 18375 April [O.S. 24 March] 1887) was a Russian Realist painter and art critic of Ukrainian origin. He was an intellectual leader of the art movement known as the Wanderers between 1860 and 1880.

Ivan Kramskoi
Иван Крамской
Ilya Repin, Ivan Kramskoi, 1882, oil on canvas, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Born27 May [O.S. 8 June] 1837
Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire
Died5 April 1887(1887-04-05) (aged 49)
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Resting placeTikhvin Cemetery, St. Petersburg
Education
Alma materImperial Academy of Arts (1863)
Notable workThe Mermaids (1871)
Christ in the Desert (1872)
Portrait of an Unknown Woman (1883)
MovementRealism, Peredvizhniki
Patron(s)Pavel Tretyakov
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